The freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1886-18??, 1887-02-09
TAKE YOUR CHOICE.
Prohibition Now or Two
Years Renee.
HOUSE BILL No. 80.

HOUSE BILL No. 81.
4 Bill to prohibit the sale Of intori'
eating liquors and drinks aosthan'
the State of West Virginia.
TMr. Gorrell. Referred to Jul
dietary Committee. Report
ed back to pass. Read a first
time and ordered to a second read
ing.]
Be it enacted by the Legislature Of
West Virginia.:
l. The sale, Offering exposing or keeping
for sale of all intoxicating liquors, except as
hereinafter provided, are hereby forever
prohibited within this State.
If any person shall sell, offer, expose or
keep for sale, or solicit or receive orders tor,
or keep in his possession for another any
intoxicating liquors or any mixtures, or
preparations know as "bitters" or otherwise,
or any other drink which viii produce in
toxication, he shall be guilty Of misde-
meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not less than twenty nor more than
one hundred dollars, and for each offense
thereafter upon conviction thereof he shall
be fined not less than one hundred nor
more than five hundred dollars and be i'm
prisoned in the county Jail not less than
thirty days nor more than ninety days.
3. All houses, brildings and places of every
description where intoxicating liquors OF
any kind are sold, offered, kept or exposed
for sale or kept contrary to law, shall be held
taken and deemed common and public
nuisances, and the owner OF any such house,
building or place, who knowingly permits
any intoxicating liquors to be sold, offered
or exposed for sale or kept therein contrary
to law, shall beguilty Of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not
less than fifty nor more than five hundred
dollars, and in every such case the court
shall enter as part of its judgment an order
abating such nuisance and directing the
sheriff of the county to seize and destroy
any and all intoxicating liquors found in
any such house, building or place and close
up the same as place for the sale of such
liquors contrary to law, as the court may
determine.
4. Courts of equity shall have jurisdiction
by injunction to restrain and abate any
such nuisances as are described in the pre-
ceding section upon bill filed for that pur-
pose by any citizen or citizens of the coun-
ty wherein such nuisance is.
S. Nothing in this act contained shall prevent
duly qualified and licensed druggists from
selling spirituous liquors or wine in good
faith for medi cinal purposes or alcohol for
medicinal or mechanical purposes under
the provisions and restrictions of section
five of chapter thirty-two of the Code OF
West Virginia as it now exists.
6. All acts and parts Of acts inconsistent
with this act are hereby repealed in so far
only as the same may conflict with this act.
NOTE. CHARLESTON, Feb. S.-The
foregoing is the act that came SO
near passing the House yesterday,
under suspension of the constitu-
ton rule requiring four-fifths
vote. 1t will be taken up out of
order and 60 to its third reading to-
day and pass tomorrow. Then it
will go to the Senate at once and
the anti-submission Senators will
be in position to choose for their
saloon constituency between tax
ing Prohibition now, and the al
tentative OF letting the Amend
ment go to the people in answer to
their prayers.
The majority of both Houses are
in no humor for "foolin" any
longer.